Antiseptic attachment for telephone-mouthpieces.



L.- ROSENWALD'& J. H. R, ANTHONY.

ANTISEPTIC ATTAGEMENT FOR TELEPHONE MOUTHPIECES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.16,1909.

Patented Mar. 15, 1910.

UNITED STATES PATENT era-ion.

LUGIAN noSnNwALn, or KAN AS CITY, MISSOURI, AND JOHN H. n. ANTHONY, or

nnNsns orrY, KANSAS; SAID ANTHONY ASsIaNon TO SAID ROSENWALD.

. .ANTISEPTIC' ATT CHMENT ron. TELEPHONE-MOUTHPIECES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 15,

Application filed September 16, 1909. Serial No. 518,116.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LUCIAN RosEN WALD and JOHN H. R. ANTHONY, citizens of the United States, residing'at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, and Kansas City,' VVyandotte county,

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State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Antiseptic Attachments for Telephone-Mouthpieces, of-

which the following is a specification.

ThlS invention relates to antiseptic attachments for telephones and more espezially for telephone mouthpieces, and our object is to produce an attachment of this character which automatically engages or withdraws from the mouthpiece accordingly as the receiver is upon or removed from the A further object is to produce an attachment of this character which, when disengaged from the mouthpiece, is not affected by vibratory movement of t-he'telephone hook.

A further object is to produce an attachment embodying a mouthpiece plug contain Figure 1, is a side elevation of the upperpart of a desk telephone set equipped with an antiseptic attachment embodying ourinvention. Fig. 2, is a front view of the same. Fig. 3, is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 4, 1s a full-size central vertical section of the plug of the attachment. Fig. 5, is a face view of the same, with parts omitted.

In the said drawing in which like reference characters identify corresponding parts, 1 is the standard or upright of a telephone set provided with the usual pivoted transmitter 2 equipped with the usual mouthpiece 3 and the pivotedhook '-;t for the support of the receiver 5 all of these parts being of ordinary and well known construction.

6 indicates the usual clamping nut engaging the pivot'bolt 7 for the purpose of ,securing the transmitter and hence the mouthpiece at the desired angle, and pivoted for free movement on the reduced portion 8 of said nutis a bell-crank lever 9 connected pivotally by a link 10 with the rear end of a substantially Y-shaped lever 11, the outer ends of the arms of said lever having depending heads 12 having cylindrical pivot-studs 13 pivotally engaging the outer ends of the arms of the hook l, the said arms of the lever 11 being disposed above the arms of the hook and of curved form in side view to provide depressions in their upper sides so as to be capable of receiving and supporting the receiver without danger ofaccidental dislodgment of the same, the weight of the receiver being adapted to be transmitted by said lever to the overlying hook to depress the same in the customary manner.

7 14 is a link pivotally connecting the bell-- cranklever with a fulcrum-link 15 pivotally connected to an arm or pin 16 projecting from a swing-arm 17 pivotally mounted 011 a standard 18 rigid with and projecting upward from the mouthpiece, the pivot 19 of said swing-arm projecting laterally as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, for a purpose which hereinafter appears.

Secured rigidly to the swing-arm and cast integral with the same as shown most clearly in Fig. 4 is a hollow truncated cone-shaped plug 20 having an opening 21 in its smaller end through which a liquid antiseptic is adapted to be supplied and externally threaded at such end at 22 for the reception of a screw-cap 23 whereby said ca shall close the opening with a liquid-tight relation.

The base or larger end of the plug is pro vided .at its side adjacent to the cap with a circular flange 24 concentric with and spaced from the body-portion of the plug so as to form a circular channel 25, and said bodyportion is formed externally with channels 26 comn'lunicating with the circular channel and tapering toward the threaded end of the plug, the body-portion being provided 1 with a drain-hole 27 connecting-the interior of the plug with the larger end of oncof said tapering channels 26.

28 is a cone-shaped envelop or wrapper upon the body-portion of the hollow cone and bridging its channels 26 and btaring til) ioo

drain-hole. the plug occupies substantially the position position when the receiver s removed from shown by dotted lines Fig. 1-which position is inverted with respect to Fig. 4-so that the liquid is free to seep slowly through the drain-hole which is of exceedingly 1ni nute size, into the communicating channel 26 from which it flows into the lower part of the circular channel and onto the lower part of the absorbent envelop or wrapper I which takes n such liquid as fast as it flows and by capil ary attraction distributes it substantially uniformly.

For the purpose of automatically swinging the plug from operative to inoperative its support we preferably employ a spring, in this instance a torsion spring 30 mounted on one end of pivot pin 19 and having one 'of its ends 31 secured to standard 18 and its other end 32 pressing against the base of the plug, so that when the receiver is removed said spring shall swing the plug from its operative position shown in full lines, to its inoperative position shown in dotted lines, it being noticed that in this action th fulcr'um-link 15 is swung upward and forward below pin 19 to a position forward of the-same and that the rear endof the Y-shaped lever is raised by upward movement imparted to link 10, the telephone hook of course swinging upward as usual, at the same moment.

When in the position described the telephone may be used, and if centrals -atten- .tion isdesired the telephone hook may be .vibrated vertically without affecting the plug, as the link 10 will swing back and orth upon the bell-crank lever 9 to accommodate the u and down movement of the lever 11. W en the conversation is ended the receiver is slipped into the forked end and upon the arms 14 of lever 11, its weight beingsufiicient to overcome the resistance of spring 30 and swin the lug down into the mouthpiece and a so e ect the depression. of the hook. The slight downward movement of the lever 11 and hook 4 would be insufiicient to swing the plug through an arc of the desired extent if it were not for the fact that the link 15 fulcrums on-pivot pin 19 in the first part of such movement.

movement of hook 4. After the plug has made the greater part of its movement and about to enter the mouthpiece link ifpasses'out of engagement with pivot pm and moves bodily rearward until the plug is completely inserted in the mouthpiece and the hook 4 has complel ed its down warn movement.

From the above description it will be apparent that we ha re [)I'Otllltttl an antiseptic attachment for teleplmne mouthpiecesmmbodying the advantages enumerated as de' sirablc in the statement of the object of the invention and which is suscnptiblc ol' i'nodification in various particularswithout departing from the spirit and scope or sacrificing any of the advantagesm" the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention what we claim asnew and desire to secure by Lettors-Patent, is

ing' the plugwithdrawn from the receiver.

and means whereby downward movement of the "telephone hook and said lever shall overcome the resistance of said yielding means and cause said plug to enter and litsnugly in the said mouthpiece.

2. The combination with a telephoi'ie, of a plug bearing a pivotal relation to the mouthpiece of the telephone, a lever bearing a pivotal relation to the free end of the telephone hook and adapted as a support for the receiver, means for yieldingly holding the plug withdrawn from the receiver, a pivoted bell-crank lever, a. link pivotally connecting one arm of said. bell-crank lever with the first-named lever, and comicctions between the other arm of said. bell-crank lever and said plug for transmitting motion from the plug to the bell-oranklever and vice versa.

3. The combination with atelephone, of a plug bearing a pivotal relation to the mouthpiece of the telephone, a lever-bearing a pivotal relation to the free end of the telephone hook and adapted as a support for the receiver, a spring for yieldingly holding the plug withdrawn from the mouthpiece, and means whereby the downward movement of the telephone hook and said lever shall overcome the resistance of said yielding means and cause said-plug to enter and fit snugly in the said mouthpiece.

4-. The combination with a telephone, of a plug bearing a pivotaL-relation to the mouthpiece of the telephone, a lever bearing a pivotal relation to the free end of the telephone hook and adapted as a support for the receiver, a spring for yieldingly holding the plug Withdrawn from the mouthpiece, a pivoted bell-crank lever, a link pivotally connecting one arm of said bell-crank lever with the first-named lever and said plug for transmitting motion from the plug to the bell-c 'ank lever and vice versa.

5. The combination With a telephone, a post above and bearing a rigid relation to the mouthpiec a pivot pin carried by'said post and projecting laterally therefrom, a plug to enter and Withdraw from the mouthpiece and pivoted on said pin, a link pivotally connected to said plug and adapted at times to fulcrum on the laterally proa pivoted relation to the telephone, a link pivot-ally connecting said lever with said ltulcrum link, a link pivotally connected to said bell-crank lever, a forked lever pivoted at one end to the last-named link and at the other end to the forked end of the telephone book, and yielding means for swinging the plug out of and above the mouthpiece and for causing the fulcrum link to engage said pivot pin and through the links and bell crank lever to swing the rear end of said forked lever upward.

(3. The combination with a tele hone,

the mouthpi ce, a pivot pin carried by said post and projecting laterally therefrom, a plug to enter and Withdraw from the mouthpiece and pivoted on said pin, a link pivot ally connected] to said plug and adapted at pivot pin, a. bell-crank lever bearing a pivoted relation to the telephone, a link pivotally connecting said-lever with said fulcrum link, a link pivotally connected to said bellcrank lever, a forked lever pivoted at one end to the last-named link and at the other end to the forked end of the telephone hook, the arms of the forked lever having depressions in their upper sides as a reliable support for the telephone receiver, and yielding means for swinging the plug out of and above the mouthpiece aud tor causing the fulcrum link to engage said pivot pin and through the links and bell-crank lever to jecting, pivot pin, a bell-crank lever bearing ost above and bcarin a rigid relation to i 2 3 times to fulcrum on the laterally projecting I scr en-c swing the rear end of said forked lever upward.

7. In an antiseptic attachment for telephone mouthpieces, a hollow plug of conical form having an opening in its smaller end, upwardly-tapering external channels, a channel connecting the lower ends of said upwardly-tapering channels and a. drainhole connecting one of said tapering channels with the interior of the pin a cap nels with the interior of the plug, a cap closing the said opening in the plug with a liquid-tight relation, and an absorbent wrapper around the body portion of the plug between the ca p and the base of the plug and bridging the tapering channels thereof, in conibiiniiion with a telephone, means supporting the plug in pivotal relation to the mouthpiece so that the latter may swing into and out of the mouthpiece, yielding means tor withdrawing the plug from the mouth piece, means for supporting the receiver of the telephone, and suitable connections between the last-named means and the mouthpiece whereby, When said supporting means carries the mouthpiece it shall be caused by the iveight oi the receiver to move and overcome the resistance 01' said yielding means, and swing the plug into the mouthpiece.

l n testimony whereof \ve affix our signatures, in the presence of two Witnesses.

LUCIA ROSENlVi-LLD. v JOHN H. R. ANTHONY. lVitnesses:

HELEN C. Rononns, G, Y. 'li-ronrn. 

